We're negotiating an LOI and we just had a seller ask if we could include an "engagement fee" which he described as a down payment. His logic is that he will be sharing all of the company secrets and he needs some compensation for the risk that we won't go and acquire a competitor, etc. Have any of you ever heard of something like this? Ideas for alternatives>
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